2007 - Taras (nomos Taras/hippocamp) over uncertain type (NAC, Q, Apr. 2006, 1035)
From SILVER
489 BCE - 480 BCETARAΣ
Images
Overstriking coin
Taras_2007_Triton.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Numismatica Ars Classica, Q, 6 Apr. 2006, 1035 = Classical Numismatic Group, 94, 18 Sept. 2013, 13 = Triton, XXII, 8 Jan. 2019, 9 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 440, 20 March 2019, 1 = Harlan J. Berk, BBS 210, 1 Apr. 2020, 26 = Harlan J. Berk, BBS 212, 9 Sept. 2020, 22 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | TARAΣ (Greek) Male character (Taras or Phalanthos), nude, seated on a dolphin to left, both arms outstretched. Below, shell. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Hippocamp left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Taras | Ancient regionAncient region. | Calabria | Modern countryModern country: Italy | AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 489 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 480 BCE | Archaic until 480 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.118.11 g <br />8,110 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: nomos | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 77 mm <br />0.7 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Achaian | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Ravel 19471Ravel 1947, n° 134 (same dies), Fischer-Bossert 19992Fischer-Bossert 1999, group 5, n° 103 (V52/R67), HN Italy3HN Italy, n° 827 var. (shell on obverse, no octopus)., HGC 14HGC 1, n° 753 var. (no shell on reverse, no octopus). | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "This coin is overstruck" | ||
References
- ^ Ravel, Oscar E. (1990), Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Tarentine coins formed by M. P. Vlasto, London, Spink
- ^ Fischer-Bossert, Wolfgang (1999), Chronologie der Didrachmenprägung von Tarent, 510-280 v. Chr., Berlin, De Gruyter, xvii, 495 p., [84] pl.
- ^ Rutter N. Keith et alii (eds.) (2001), Historia Numorum Italy, London, xvi, 223 p., 43 pl.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2018), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 1. Handbook of Coins of Italy and Magna Graecia, Sixth to First Centuries BC., Lancaster-London, 2018, lxi, 527 pages, 23 cm
